HISTORICAL THINKING "It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." - James Thurber For general guidelines for this task click on History Journal   The title of Sam Wineburg's book aptly summarizes the challenge in "do history."  For most, historical thinking does not come naturally; it is a set of skills that is developed.  Following is a set of nine questions that historians use.  These are from Salevouris & Furay, Learning American History